In this online class, Dr Brady not only provides a thorough training in Sex and Love Addiction for clinicians -- she also demonstrates how this material can be shared in a community education program. By presenting experiential and research-based content to both clinicians and members of the public, Dr Brady plays a valuable local educational role and also finds potential new clients for group or individual therapy.

Course Objective

Participants will be able to:

Explain the origins and developmental process of sex addiction

Describe the origins and developmental process of co-sex addiction

Discuss at least three unique characteristics of Cybersex addiction

Present an assessment and early treatment model of sex and co-sex addiction

Elaine Brady, PhD, is a Certified Addiction Specialist and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist in private practice. Dr Brady has also served as a Program Manager for the Partial Hospitalization Program for Mood Disorders at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA, and as Executive Director of the El Dorado Women’s Center, Placerville, CA. She is also an Instructor at California State University, Santa Cruz, and has published numerous articles on addiction and attachment.

Addiction and Recovery: Paradoxes of Transformational Change
This class explores Trauma Theory as a potential resolution for long-standing controversies between traditional mental health models of psychopathology and models of addiction pathology and recovery. It also examine the process of healthy development and transformational change for the addicted family in recovery.

Clinical Psychology

Women and Addictions
This class was created specifically for the office-based mental health practitioner. The first component addresses gender differences and issues unique to women in addictive behavior. It is a research-based review, with attention to ethnicity as well as gender.

The second component provides a broader foundation in models of addiction and
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